Thursday, December 7, 2017

While I was at the grocery store, I got into a conversation with the cashier.
We were discussing how we didn't understand why health insurance had
to be tied into our jobs. I said, "It causes people to stay at jobs that they
hate." Then the cashier said, "I know...I'm one of them, but people like
you make my job easier."

Although it's possible to purchase health insurance that isn't attached to
your job, it's not cheap...not at all. In fact, it's so expensive that I under-
stand why some people feel trapped. But why is it like this? I've had to
research health insurance several times, and for a family plan that is not
through an employer, the cheapest price I could find was $790 a month.

Wouldn't people be happier and healthier if they could work at places
that they loved, and be able to purchase health insurance plans that they
could afford, separate from where they worked?

Friday, August 4, 2017

In the Walmart Parking Lot...In the Walmart parking lottell me what you see.A partial bottle of cola lying on the gray concrete.

In the Walmart parking lotanother bottle on its side.Someone drank all the waterand I guess they had no pride.

In the Walmart parking lotit's red and yellow trash.Did they run past the garbage can? It seems they had to dash. In the Walmart parking lotis that a blanket or a bag?When I see litter everywhere it really is a drag.

Thursday, February 23, 2017

The last time I went grocery shopping I was amused by the message inside the
shopping cart. It read: WARNING! Attention Shoppers! Shopping cart wheelsmay lock unexpectedly if removed from the store. Shopping cart wheels will lock if taken beyond the parking lot.

It's a shame that some people think stealing shopping carts is OK.

Shopping Cart Thieves Beware

Shopping cart thieves bewareYou stole a cart; why don't you care?A shopping cart is not a seat...To sit on when you're down the street. You rolled the cart into a clothing store.That's not what grocery carts are for!The next time that you want to steal...You might not be able to move the wheels.

Friday, November 11, 2016

I was making split pea soup, and I needed some carrots. Since they were
frozen, I decided to warm them up a little, so I could cut them into small-
er pieces. Once I got them out of the microwave, I begin to cut the carrots
and I started smelling chlorine. I'm thinking to myself... Where is that smellcoming from? It's the carrots. My carrots smell like bleach.

I've always heard that frozen vegetables are just as healthy as fresh ones.
I'm not so sure about that now. Just think, if I had not warmed those carrots
up I would've never known that they were full of chlorine.

According to the Manitoba website, chlorine is used in the food industry on
fruits and vegetables.

Chlorine in My CarrotsI warmed up frozen carrots, so I could cut them smaller.But then the smell that came from them just made me want to holler.They didn't smell like carrots.In fact they kinda reeked.I'll tell you what they smelled like...the scent of chlorine bleach.